{"id":4482,"date":"2023-06-23T21:40:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T21:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4482"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:30:22","slug":"oxford-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/oxford-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford County, Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford County is a county in Maine, United States, about 60 miles northwest of Portland. It had a
\npopulation of 57,777 at the 2020 census, an estimated 59,255 by 2024, and covers 2,077 square
\nmiles (5,380 km2) of land centred near 44°29′N 70°46′W.<\/p>\n

Paris is the county seat; its postal code is 04281, for the South Paris village. The county
\nholds 34 incorporated towns, one plantation and a handful of unorganized townships across the
\ncounty, and it runs on Eastern Time. Its FIPS code is 23017.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Oxford County<\/h2>\n

Oxford County has 38 named places on record: 34 incorporated towns, one plantation (a
\nMaine-specific unit with limited local government) and three organized unincorporated territories
\ncovering the county’s sparsely settled far north. All 34 towns are self-governing under Maine’s
\ntown-meeting system — unlike Midwest states, Maine has no separate civil-township layer
\ninside its counties.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Rumford<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n5,858<\/td>\n04276<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paris<\/td>\nTown · seat<\/td>\n5,179<\/td>\n04271 \/ 04281<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norway<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n5,077<\/td>\n04268<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oxford<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n4,229<\/td>\n04270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fryeburg<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n3,369<\/td>\n04037<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mexico<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n2,756<\/td>\n04257<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bethel<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n2,504<\/td>\n04217<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dixfield<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n2,253<\/td>\n04224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Paris<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,766<\/td>\n04289<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Otisfield<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,853<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buckfield<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,983<\/td>\n04220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waterford<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,570<\/td>\n04088 \/ 04267<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Porter<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,600<\/td>\n04068<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hiram<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,609<\/td>\n04041<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brownfield<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,631<\/td>\n04010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woodstock<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,352<\/td>\n04219<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hebron<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,223<\/td>\n04238<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hartford<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,203<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canton<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,125<\/td>\n04221<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lovell<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,104<\/td>\n04051 \/ 04016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peru<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,488<\/td>\n04290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denmark<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,197<\/td>\n04022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greenwood<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n774<\/td>\n04255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andover<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n752<\/td>\n04216 \/ 04226<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sumner<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n994<\/td>\n04292<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newry<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n411<\/td>\n04261<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sweden<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n406<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stow<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n393<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roxbury<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n361<\/td>\n04275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hanover<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n286<\/td>\n04237<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stoneham<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n261<\/td>\n04231<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gilead<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n195<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Byron<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n103<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Upton<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lincoln Plantation<\/td>\nPlantation<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Oxford<\/td>\nUnorg. Terr.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Oxford<\/td>\nUnorg. Terr.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milton<\/td>\nUnorg. Terr.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Paris carries two ZIPs because its two villages, Paris Hill and South Paris, are addressed
\nseparately — South Paris is the larger commercial center and the one most residents use.
\nUmbagog Lake straddles the Maine–New Hampshire line; its Maine shore sits in Upton, but the
\nlake itself is more often associated with Errol, New Hampshire, on the opposite bank.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n